Sidi,
You mention the musicians of our day, and I love them all too, not to forget
Stevie Wonder.
I think i used to know, and still do, every word to every song of Marley and
the Wailers, as well as the Beatles whose songs featured big at all our
dances during GHS days.
You are not the only one who does not hear the lyrics of the hip hop stuff,
Sidi. My kids are always interpreting them for me, and i am always telling
them that we had good music in our day. It makes them even madder when I tell
them that the proof of this lies in the fact that the hip hop artists use
the music of yesteryear as a background to their rapping. Well, we have fun
with that.
Yes, Mr Sey was talking about Gill Scott Heron, the poet/musician as I
already pointed out.
Jabou Joh
In a message dated 10/7/2001 3:52:29 AM Central Daylight Time,
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>
> Ginny,
> I like to mix 'em up too. I love reggae (Bob Marley, Lucky Dube), I enjoy
> my jazz ( Miles, Coltrane, Marsales ), country ( Garth Brooks)including
> Rock and Roll music I grew up with: Beatles, Dave Clark Five , Sir Cliff
> Richard (who is still at it at age 60+, the young Elvis, together with Mike
> Jagger and the Rolling Stones. As someone who was pounding the pavements of
> Washington, New York, Boston and Detroit during the Viet Nam era, I could
> not do without my folk music with Richie Haven, Bob Dylan (who celebrated
> his 60th birthday a few months ago)and Joan Baez. Jimi Hendrix was
> everyone's idol then. As a Motown resident, and as part of the Gordy
> family, I love just about everything that comes out of Barry Gordy's
>
> factory, from Gladys Knight to Temptations, Marvin Gaye to Smokey to the
> Jackson 5. My only problem is with the hip-hop. Half the time, I do not
> get the lyrics and thus I miss out on the message. My kids enjoy it and I
> guess that's what matters. I am too much into Africa music these days.
>
> Well Jabou, it appears that I am not alone. One Mr.Baboucar Sey just
> informed us that the Jill Scott he knows is a man. I didn't say it the last
> time but when you mentioned the name initially, I thought of the African-
> American poet/songwriter (Gill Scott Aaron?).
>
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